Cybernetica Mesopotamica – UGRS 6

J5. The Mittani Staircase
and the western closure of the Plaza
Seasons 21 (2008) and 22 (2009)

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James L. Walker

J5 was opened to explore the western end of the revetment wall and the northwestern end of the Plaza. Excavations showed that the surface of the plaza sloped up in this direction so as to form a northern closure to the Plaza, beyond which, to the north, there would have been (by the mid third millennium) buildings, possibly in the service of the Temple.      The second main discovery has been a secondary staircase, consisting of only 6 steps: it dates to the late Mittani period, and was set in place when the a general reorganization of the urban space took place after the abandonment of the settlement to the east of the Temple.